ATTEMPTED ARSON CHARGE
MAN ARRESTED AT SYDNEY. . ' By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. , Sydney, Aug. 28.- . The sequel to the alleged preparations to set fire to a building in Bathurst •Street .was the arrest of a young man, who was charged with haying maliciously attempted to .set fire to the premises of McAlister Brothers. Bail of £lOOO was allow6d., ... ■ "',-■ ■■' ■ •"■'• -': '.l'A cablegram on. Monday .said: Plans for what appeared to be a determined attempt to burn a block .of buildings in Bathurst Street were' frustrated by “the suspicions of a woman .in the ground, floor. She noticed two men leaving. the upstairs premises, from which she knew that the occ’upapts were absent. She informed the police, who discovered that the rooms had. been soaked with petrol, the electric., wiring had been interfered with, and a string' led down to the street door ready for a pull to cause the fusing of the' wires and to ignite the petrol fumes. '.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1930, Page 10
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